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Mahsa Tavassoli; GholamReza MalekZadeh; Aireza Khorakian
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Increasing the expectations of human societies from organizations and proposing multiple views on the development of their social capital, has made communities more sensitive to some issues such as the environment, environmental health, community health and stakeholders rights. In this respect, numerous ...
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Increasing the expectations of human societies from organizations and proposing multiple views on the development of their social capital, has made communities more sensitive to some issues such as the environment, environmental health, community health and stakeholders rights. In this respect, numerous issues in relationship with inappropriate environmental behaviors has been raised, which effects on people's attitudes toward work, organization and performance. Managing these types of issues as part of strategies for developing corporate social capital should be addressed.The present study investigates the effect of transformational leadership on development of employees' pro-environment behaviors and intrinsic motivation in organizations in Mashhad waste management organization by structural equation modeling. The results shows a positive and significant relationship between transformational leadership and intrinsic motivation, and between transformational leadership and environmental behaviors. Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between intrinsic motivation and peripheral behaviors of employees and the role of intrinsic motivation.
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Nazila Khatib Zanjani
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Casts on environmental students’ learning with flipped classroom method and compare with current virtual education method in Payame Noor University. The research method is semi-experimental with pre and posttest in two groups. The ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Casts on environmental students’ learning with flipped classroom method and compare with current virtual education method in Payame Noor University. The research method is semi-experimental with pre and posttest in two groups. The statistical population included all virtual master students majoring in environmental education who consisted of 170 students among whom 60 were selected through available sampling, and then were divided into two groups. The research instrument was a researcher-made test consisted of 20 questions whose validity was estimated by some experts and its reliability was measured via Cronbach’s alpha as 0.82. The procedure consisted of 12 sessions with current virtual class for witness group and for the experimental group, gave some podcasts about courses before the session was started and they had exercises and group discussion in class. The collected data were analyzed by SPSSv.22 in both descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Paired t-test and independent t-test). The results showed that there was a significant difference between students’ learning with the podcast education in the flipped classroom method and current virtual education (sig=0.000). Based on the results of this study, it seems that using podcasts in virtual education has a greater impact on students` learning and it is better to include it in the curriculum development of virtual courses.
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Faranak Mousavi; Soudabeh Rahmanirad
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The importance of geography is due to the description of the world around us although most of the subjects of it are intangible for the students, So one of the ways to solve this problem is using information technology to improve geography and its teaching and learning. The present study is conducted ...
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The importance of geography is due to the description of the world around us although most of the subjects of it are intangible for the students, So one of the ways to solve this problem is using information technology to improve geography and its teaching and learning. The present study is conducted by the aim of indicating the determinative role of visual media of intangible Geographic phenomena on learning level of cognitive and emotional domain in third- year girl students of secondary schools of Kermanshah city. The study was conducted in an experimental method. The population was all the third-year girl students of secondary school. 44 subjects were selected by multi-cluster random sampling (22 experimental group, and 22 control group). collecting data was done by using two course and emotional development questionnaire. The data was analyzed by multi -variance analyzing test and Covariance test. The finding showed that there is a meaningful difference between the experimental group and the control group (p=0.001). The results of finding showed that the planning of visual media of intangible Geographic phenomena on the learning level of the cognitive and emotional domain of students, in the experimental group was meaningful (p
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Amirhossein Alibeygi; Zahra Montazersaheb; Mohana Shahmoradi
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The aim of this mixed study was determining the understanding and perception of Agriculture and National Resources students of Razi university about biodiversity and the factors affecting it. Due to the increasing loss of biodiversity and the role of humankind to reduce this process, students of agriculture ...
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The aim of this mixed study was determining the understanding and perception of Agriculture and National Resources students of Razi university about biodiversity and the factors affecting it. Due to the increasing loss of biodiversity and the role of humankind to reduce this process, students of agriculture and natural resources were examined. This study was a qualitative-quantitative research. The population of this qualitative research was biodiversity experts in Kermanshah province and the method was snowball sampling. The population in quantitative part of the study was undergraduate, master's and doctoral students of agriculture and natural resources of Razi University (N=1718), that 323 of them were selected using stratified random sampling. Quantitative data were collected by in-depth semistructured interviews and quantitative data were collected by a self-made questionnaire. Qualitative results showed that for the study of the students understanding of biodiversity, 5 main categories including the concept of biodiversity, the importance of biodiversity, protection of biodiversity, threats to biodiversity and human responsibility for biodiversity should be investigated. Quantitative results showed that students’ understanding of biodiversity and its categories is in an undesirable situation. In terms of field of study, educational level, age, and marital status, there were significant differences between students' understanding of biodiversity.
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Sima Abasi; Zahra Rezaee
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Since a long time ago human being and nature have had a mutual influence on each other. As the civil institutions and technological tools have developed, human being has been influenced by nature in a period of time and in return it has made changes in great scale which in some cases have caused environmental ...
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Since a long time ago human being and nature have had a mutual influence on each other. As the civil institutions and technological tools have developed, human being has been influenced by nature in a period of time and in return it has made changes in great scale which in some cases have caused environmental and ecological threats. For this reason, the study of environmental issues in literature is considered as an essential element in comparative literature studies and a cultural discourse has been made for protection of the environment. As a cultural media, literature and specially poetry have a significant effect on behavioral and motivational domains and on awareness of their audience toward the environment. In Persian contemporary poems, Nima and his successors have created a new point of view toward nature and environment which had some of the poets like Sohrab to encourage people to respect their environment. This study will analyze the point of view of contemporary poetry toward environment, the position of it and the way of environmental education with an emphasis on Sohrab’s poems as the establisher of this approach. As a result, it’s been figured out that the need of paying attention to the environment and making people aware of the ways they can respect it has led to the emergence of a new domain in poetry with educational functions, this domain was established by Sohrab Sepehri for the first time in Persian poetry.
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Morteza Akbari; Seyyed Ali Badri; Maryam Shamanian; Sama Amini
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The purpose of this study is to examine the goals, motivation, barriers of organic farmers in Ravansar County, Kermanshah, Iran. This study was a descriptive-correlation research. The population of the study was organic farmers in Ravansar. Organic farmers were selected from a list of certified farmers ...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the goals, motivation, barriers of organic farmers in Ravansar County, Kermanshah, Iran. This study was a descriptive-correlation research. The population of the study was organic farmers in Ravansar. Organic farmers were selected from a list of certified farmers obtained from Agriculture Organization. Among them, 51 organic farmers were selected based on a simple sample randomized method. Data analysis was done with SPSS software. The results showed that organic farmers have had the most importance for the health of food and short-term benefits. In order of preference, statement “organic farming can assure world food production” and “organic products are healthier” was the first priority, and in ecological statement “organic farming can improve soil fertility and structure” and economic statement “organic farming can assure the future of a farm” create motivation for organic farming. The most important barriers of organic farming like marketing and the lack of government support for these products, lack of required standards in order to confirm and supply of products to the market and lack of training and informing have mentioned in this context.
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Abolfazl Khosravi
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One of the main challenges for managers in recent days is their main focus on sustainable development. Sustainable development with various dimensions such as economic sustainability, social sustainability, political stability and environmental sustainability requires a holistic approach, but the priority ...
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One of the main challenges for managers in recent days is their main focus on sustainable development. Sustainable development with various dimensions such as economic sustainability, social sustainability, political stability and environmental sustainability requires a holistic approach, but the priority of some programs and policies in each of the sustainable development axes is in line with the requirements of the same region and country. On the other hand, social responsibility of organizations and companies is not merely viewed as a moral obligation or social marketing, but a great element in the missing link between government policies and corporate policies. This research has been selected to prioritize the dimensions of sustainable development as well as the dimensions of social responsibility of managers with the Delphi approach of the experts and the hierarchical analysis method, according to the opinion of social sustainability experts as the best criterion for sustainable development and management responsibility as a preferred option. Accordingly, it can be done in the role of managers in industrial and metropolitan communities, with priority being given to social sustainability and the involvement of environmental strategies in the responsibilities of managers.
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Asghar Mirfardi
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Environmental problem nowadays the is known as one Environmental problem nowadays the is known as one of important concerns in human life. This research has been studied the environmental attitude and its relationship with Religiousness in 15 years and older residents of Noorabad Mamasani. Using survey ...
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Environmental problem nowadays the is known as one Environmental problem nowadays the is known as one of important concerns in human life. This research has been studied the environmental attitude and its relationship with Religiousness in 15 years and older residents of Noorabad Mamasani. Using survey method, Statistics society had been 15 years and older residents of Noorabad Mamasani, from which 400 subjects were determined based on Sampling method (1976) and were selected by classified-multi stage random sampling method. Structured questionnaire, which provided via the scale of Religiousness (Mirfardi & Shayani, 2014) and the scale of attitude toward environment (Salehi Omran & Aghamohamadi, 2008), was used as research tool for data collection, which face validity and Cronbach's alpha were used for its validity and reliability, respectively. Reliability for environmental attitude and religiosity were 0.76 and 0.79, respectively. The findings showed that the dependent variable has direct significant relationship with the variables of religiosity and indirect significant relationship with age. Religiousness determined 14.1 percentages of dependent variable. Study showed that religiosity has important role in pro-environmental attitude. Offering educational programs for enhancing religious commitments which related to environment is advised.
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Mohammad Hasan Seif; Saeid Mazloumian; Mohammad Reza Javanmardi
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Given the sharp decline in energy resources and consumables in today's societies, despite population growth, which results in the need for more people to supply energy and materials to meet the needs of all human beings, societies today are looking for a solution, with a strategy called sustainable development ...
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Given the sharp decline in energy resources and consumables in today's societies, despite population growth, which results in the need for more people to supply energy and materials to meet the needs of all human beings, societies today are looking for a solution, with a strategy called sustainable development All are accepted. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social and psychological factors with energy saving behavior. The statistical population of this study was selected from among 36000 primary school students of Shiraz with a random sample of 36000 people using the Cochran formula with a sample size of 267 people. The data gathering tool in the present study was a questionnaire with 41 questions in Likert scale, which was based on Environmental Knowledge Questionnaire Ho, Quang and Kim (2013), Environmental Meteorological Norms of Rivera (2004), Environmental Environmental Responsibility Ko, Huang and Kim (2013) The previous experiences of Rivera (2004), perceived behavioral control, chow and air (2001), Perceived Utility, Mon and Kim (2001), Environmental Attitudes of Ko, Huang and Kim (2013), and the Desire of Quang and Kim's Quantum Energy Efficiency (2013) . The results showed that exogenous variables, environmental knowledge, environmental norms, environmental responsibility, past environmental experiences, directly and indirectly, through intermediate variables of perceived behavior control, perceived usefulness and environmental perception were significant on the tendency to energy saving behavior and the highest total effect Refers to perceived usefulness and the lowest total effect related to environmental norms on the tendency to energy saving behavior.
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Vali Mohammad Darini; Hadi Meftahi; Ehsan Namdar Joyami
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between employee participation and environmental performance due to the role of preventive environmental strategies and environmental perspective among staff and faculty members of Sistan and Baluchestan University. The present study is a ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between employee participation and environmental performance due to the role of preventive environmental strategies and environmental perspective among staff and faculty members of Sistan and Baluchestan University. The present study is a descriptive-survey based on the purpose of the study. The population under study in this research (staff and members of the faculty) is 960 people. Cluster sampling method. The sample size is 274 according to Morgan's table. A standard and indigenous questionnaire have been used and the reliability and validity of the research questionnaires have been approved. The necessary analysis in the research has been done with SMART PLS software. In this regard, five hypotheses have been developed with regard to the literature and research background, all of which have been approved. Findings indicate that the integration of partnership with preventive environmental strategies and preventive environmental strategies has a meaningful relationship with the environmental performance and modifies the common view of these two relations, as well as the preventive environmental strategy of integration in relation to partnership with biological functioning The environment has a mediating role and all of the research hypotheses are positive and significant. Ultimately, employees should often begin to be responsible for environmental management activities and, in many cases, have a unique knowledge of their companies. It should be paid to the key personnel in the organization and made sure that these people will achieve their goals in reaching the organization and will provide the environmental goals of the organization and society.
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Emran Ramezani Ardi; Esmail Zaraii Zavaraki; Mohammadreza Nili; Khadijeh Aliabadi
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The purpose of research is designing and validating the E-learning model in in-service training in order to provide e-learning environment and learning opportunities for employees based on individual, vocational and organizational situation and validating the model. Research methods blended and research ...
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The purpose of research is designing and validating the E-learning model in in-service training in order to provide e-learning environment and learning opportunities for employees based on individual, vocational and organizational situation and validating the model. Research methods blended and research plan is exploratory blended that main elements and dimentiona of topic can be explained. The factors and dimentions of e-learning Model are collected through literature review and interview with subject matter experts and collected data is analysed. Finaly the E-learning Model is designed and validated internally and externaly. E-learning Model include three factors: E-learning policy making and steering, instructional designing based on pedagogy and andragogy principles and implementation and support. The factor is divided to several indexes and items that can be used in in-service training E-learning. The E-learning Model is validated using first, second and final of factorial analysis. External validation is validated implementing a E-learning course based on the items compared to face to face training course. E-learning course based on the items was more effective than face to face training course.
